CommanderROR wrote: > Well, there is no question that Logitech could return to this market, > and I also think they should. However, since big names like Sonos, > Denon, Yamaha, even Google...have already set up shop, it would probably > be extremely hard of Logitech to actually achieve any market > penetration. > > I think the only way would be to go low-cost, and that's probably not in > line with Logitech marketing goals. > > If I had to choose, I'd offer a range of simple devices, much like what > I've currently built with LMS/Squeezelite and the RaspberryPi and > Hifiberry boards. A standalone solution with built-in speakers would be > one of the offerings of course, but I'd mainly focus on building three > devices: > > 1) Squeezebox-DAC: A small aluminium cube, with built-in Ethernet, Wifi, > a DAC Chip and analogue output. Connect this to active speakers > 2) Squeezebox-Digi: A small aluminium cube, with built-in Ethernet, > Wifi, and Spdif Optical and electric outputs. Connect this to external > DAC or AVR > 3) Squeezebox-Amp: A small aluminium cube, with buil-in Ethernet, Wifi > and a small Class-D amp, that can directly drive a pair of passive > speakers. > > If you make this with mostly off-the-shelf components, then you could > have a really budget-friendly set that just might make it in this > competitive market... > ;) > > Of course, you'd still need the Server, but that's actually the most > simple of the bunch. A tiny little system with almost no power > consumption, like my Odroid U3, can easily handly any and every > requirement a LMS system needs. If you use something similar, and maybe > add Gigabit Ethernet and the option to put in a SATA harddrive, then > you've pretty much got it covered.
Agreed on all points but the only one that dosent exist nearly off the shelf is 3) Squeezebox-Amp (this is becoming my chosen route and have built serveral now) 1 and 2 are covered by the receiver and/or duet. As for server Pogoplug 2 has all these features except gig ethernet (again I have used 3 of these for friends) Jeff *Players:* SliMP3, Squeezebox 3 x 3, Squeezebox Receiver, SqueezePlayer, PiCorePlayer on RPi 2 with Hifiberry DAC+ x 2 *Server:* Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1442909279 on Centos 7 VM *Plugins:* AutoRescan / BBCiPlayer / PlayHLS / PowerSave / PowerSwitchIII *Remotes:* iPeng8 / Orangesqueeze / PC *Music:* 383GB, 1269 albums with 17756 songs by 4381 artists all FLACs / Last FM / Soundcloud ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff07971's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104369 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
